Not a good idea: Tossing lit cigarette into police car

A Bath man threw a lit cigarette into an occupied police vehicle, then he was sent to jail, according to police in Steuben County.

Village of Bath police say Gerald J. Bush, 43, was charged Sept. 4 with a felony count of attempted assault and a misdemeanor count of obstructing governmental administration.

He was arraigned in the Bath Village Court and sent to the Steuben County jail with bail set at $5,000 cash or a $10,000 bond.

Prostitution busts

An Elmira woman is accused of arranging a paid sexual encounter with a man after police saw her getting into his truck.

Davetta Sindoni, 35, was charged Saturday with a misdemeanor count of prostitution. Police said she was standing near the corner of West 4th and Walnut streets in Elmira at 11:15 a.m. Saturday when a truck pulled up nearby.

She approached the truck, had a brief conversation with the driver, then got in the passenger seat, police said. The vehicle was pulled over on West 4th Street.

In a separate case, Chemung County Sheriff’s deputies charged two people after a two-week investigation into prostitution activities in Elmira, Southport and Big Flats.

Sheriff’s office investigators say a Southport resident found a suspicious vehicle on his rural property, and from there, evidence of prostitution activity was discovered. Steuben County Sheriff’s deputies assisted with the case.

Wilson and King were sent to the Chemung County jail.

Stealing for heroin

A Sherburne man stole his father’s power washer — worth $399 — then sold it for cash to buy heroin, state police said.

Adam Stone, 32, was charged Monday with a misdemeanor count of petit larceny. Police say a state trooper investigated the theft, recovered the stolen power washer, then gave it back to Stone’s father.

Stone was ticketed to appear in Sherburne Town Court.

Fake $100 bill bust

A man who tried using two counterfeit $100 bills at a Johnson City business wound up in jail instead, according to police.

Charles Myers, 60, was taken into custody at the Floral Avenue Market on Friday after Johnson City police were contacted by the store’s clerk. Officers confirmed the bills were fake, police said.

Myers, no address listed, was charged with a felony count of first-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument. He was arraigned in Johnson City Village Court and sent to the Broome County jail to await further court proceedings.

Stolen items in garbage bag

A Binghamton man stuffed a garbage bag full of items at the Wal-Mart store in Johnson City, then ran from security personnel before being caught by police, officials said.

Anthony V. Graham, 23, was taken into custody by Johnson City and Binghamton police. An arrest warrant had previously been issued against him for violating probation from an assault conviction, police said.

Graham was charged with petit larceny, a misdemeanor, as well as the felony probation violation warrant. He was taken to the Broome County jail.

Fugitive nabbed in Waverly

A fugitive sex offender from Pennsylvania was taken into custody on a charge of failing to register required information with state police in August.

The investigation was carried out by Waverly police and the U.S. Marshal’s Fugitive Task Force.

Cheresnowsky was arraigned in Waverly Village Court and sent to the Tioga County jail without bail, to await further court proceedings.

Trespassers at Second Dam

Tompkins County Sheriff’s deputies say they found one man smoking pot at Second Dam in the Town of Ithaca — then another man walking around naked.

On Sept. 6, sheriff’s deputies were sent to the Second Dam to investigate a trespass complaint. Steven R. Tatich, 21, of Owego, was smoking marijuana in public view, police said.

He was charged with trespass and unlawful possession of marijuana, both violations, and ticketed to appear in Ithaca Town Court.

While investigating that complaint, the deputies spotted another man walking around nude, they said.

Paul W. Flavin, 57, was charged with a misdemeanor count of public lewdness and two violations: disorderly conduct and trespass. He was sent to the Tompkins County jail with bail set at $500 cash or $2,000 bond and scheduled to appear in Ithaca Town Court.

Smuggling jail contraband

A Cortland woman smuggled contraband to a man who was incarcerated in the Cortland County jail — now both face charges, police said.

Inmate Kyle Dayton, 21, was found with the contraband — police wouldn’t say what was — during a routine inspection by corrections officers on Aug. 29, according to the Cortland County Sheriff’s Department. Police say he was visited earlier that day by Betty Toolan, 18, who tried to give him the contraband.

On Sept. 5, Toolan and Dayton were charged with misdemeanor counts of promoting prison contraband. She was issued a ticket to appear in Cortland City Court, while he will remain in jail to await further court proceedings.

The sheriff’s office said the jail facility’s security was never compromised during the investigation.

Around the state

• Paul Borrelli, who was among three men charged in an offshore sports gambling operation, was sentenced to eight months of home confinement in a federal case, according to the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.

• Three suspects are accused of entering property belonging to a mosque and setting a fire on the lawn in the shape of two crosses, The Daily News reported.

• Police say a man was injured after his intoxicated girlfriend hit him with her car while they were talking to each other on cell phones, The Daily News reported.

• A man will spend at least three years for child pornography charges, according to a report in the Journal News.

• A lawsuit has been filed in connection with a death in the Schenectady County jail.